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Hi Everyone, I have been lurking here for a while now and asking a few questions etc. the basis of that is how much I dream of moving profession and becoming a train driver. It really is my dream job and something I have wanted to do for years. My backround is haulage and logistics, I have...

Hi everyone, thanks for your help on my last post. I have so more questions I was wondering: I have seen a few cab ride videos where drivers have what looks like an Ipad in the cab, what are these used for and do all drivers have them? When you are passed the test, if you work at a...

Hi, I have some questions about what a duty for a TOC will actually compile of, so for instance if you were a drier for GWR ex say Penzance or Exeter, would you take the train all the way to Paddington, have a break then return? Or in the example of my local operator Greater Anglia, if you...

Think I just snooped on Ipswich Buses releasing a new livery, I was at a well known bodyshop in Ipswich that does work for most of the bus and coach operators and one of the P&R Versa's was in there, as I walked in a sign fitter came out and got in his van with a picture under his arm of a versa...

I was over the Martlesham and Kesgrave parts of Ipswich a few times recently and I was shocked about how poor the Superoute service is kept now. Back When it was launched, it was frequent with branded buses, lots of publicity, smart bus shelters and stops with real time etc but now it's just a...

If you were starting a bus company, what would you call it?

This day and age, why does it seem so difficult for operators to use the above methods for payment? surely it cannot be that hard or expensive to set up? I see first are starting contactless in Bristol soon like its some revolutionary thing but seriously? its not like its new is it, retail have...

Jus thought I would see what suggestions and comments you lovely people have, I was in a conversation with my mum and sister last night about my local operator Ipswich Buses, and how they are putting fares up again, while the service seems to get worse, and the buses on some routes run round...

Hi, quick question, I was in a debate yesterday about the last of the Plaxton Beaver bodied Varios and the person I was in a debate with claims they are able to still be used as they have the wheelchair lift on the side and are to DDA spec, but my argument was why do operators not use them now...

When steam engines are used on rail lines which are used by modern trains, how do they observe the modern signalling and warnings?

Had to go to swindon yesterday, from Ipswich and it's re-ignited my passion for trains! Had a great trip but the differences between GA and FGW are quite striking! Can't believe how bad we have it in the east. The disgustingly filthy mixed bag of trains we have, along with the hotchpotch of...